Chile vs Uruguay: Infant mortality rate
Chile
0.5798 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
0.6166 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chile rank
144th
Uruguay rank
141st
Infant mortality rate over time
- Chile
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.6166 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5798 deaths per 100 live births in Chile, a difference of 0.0368 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 144th and Uruguay ranks 141st of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 3 and Uruguay in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 12.03 deaths per 100 live births | 5.55 deaths per 100 live births | 6.48 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1960s | 9.83 deaths per 100 live births | 5.28 deaths per 100 live births | 4.56 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1970s | 5.39 deaths per 100 live births | 4.7 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6881 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1980s | 2.08 deaths per 100 live births | 2.67 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5896 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 1.84 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6462 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 0.8003 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4456 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 0.6856 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7684 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0828 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.5834 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6115 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0281 deaths per 100 live births | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Chile or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 0.6166 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5798 deaths per 100 live births in Chile as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Chile and Uruguay?
- 0.0368 deaths per 100 live births, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Uruguay?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Uruguay rank globally for infant mortality rate?
- Chile ranks 144th and Uruguay ranks 141st of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .